meze

See also: mêze and Mèze

English

Alternative forms

• mazza, mezze, mazzeh, mazze

Etymology

From Turkish meze and Greek μεζές (mezés), both from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, “taste, snack”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛzeɪ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

meze (countable and uncountable, plural mezes or mezedes)

1. Small portions of starters typical of Turkish, Greek and Levantine cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pita.

Further reading

• meze on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mzee

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛzɛ]

Noun

meze f

1. inflection of mez:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeze]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eze
• Hyphenation: me‧ze

Adverb

meze

1. in the middle of, amid
   • 1908, J. Arbes, translated by Jos. Grňa, Rakontoj‎^[1]:

     Lia rigardo ekrondis en la malriĉa, mizera ĉambreto kaj fiksis sur la blondulino, sidanta en luksa balvesto meze de plej mizera meblaro plej sorĉe lumigita.

     His regard started around the poor, miserable small room and fixed upon the blond woman sitting in luxurious party clothing in the middle of most miserable furniture most bewitchingly illuminated.

   • 1999, Mark Twain, “Konfeso de Mortanto”, in Edwin Grobe, transl., Tri Noveloj‎^[2]:

     Imagu kion li devis eksenti vekiĝinte meze de tiu senvoĉa silento kaj ĉirkaŭspektadinte tiun malgajan mortintaron!

     Think what it must have been to wake up in the midst of that voiceless hush and look out over that grim congregation of the dead!

   • 2006, Henrik Ibsen, translated by Odd Tangerud, La kolonoj de la socio, →ISBN:

     Meze sur la kontraŭa pordo estas pli granda enir-pordo.

     On the middle of the opposite door is a larger entrance door.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• mèza

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, “taste, snack”). Akin to mezètluk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /měze/
• Hyphenation: me‧ze

Noun

mèze n (Cyrillic spelling мѐзе)

1. (regional) snack, bite

Declension

Declension of meze

	singular	plural
nominative	meze	meza
genitive	meza	meza
dative	mezu	mezima
accusative	meze	meza
vocative	meze	meza
locative	mezu	mezima
instrumental	mezem	mezima

Derived terms

• mèzetiti
• zamèzetiti

References

• “meze”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 462